CF as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the most common congenital disease
   • the child’’s lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus
   • caused by defect in a single gene
   • there is no cure
   Synonym(s)
   • cystic fibrosis (what does cystic fibrosis mean?)
   • fibrocystic disease of the pancreas (what does fibrocystic disease of the pancreas mean?)
   • mucoviscidosis (what does mucoviscidosis mean?)
   • pancreatic fibrosis (what does pancreatic fibrosis mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) CF is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fibrosis (what does fibrosis mean?)
   • monogenic disorder (what does monogenic disorder mean?)
   • monogenic disease (what does monogenic disease mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a radioactive transuranic element
   • discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles
   Synonym(s)
   • atomic number 98 (what does atomic number 98 mean?)
   • californium (what does californium mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Cf is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • metallic element (what does metallic element mean?)
   • metal (what does metal mean?)

CF as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
   Synonym(s)
   • cf. (what does cf. mean?)
   • confer (what does confer mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • see also (what does see also mean?)